Tenant Reviews for 303 W. DIVISION ST

im currently a resident at atrium and my car was towed from the lot that i live in. management refused to help get my car back and i ended up paying 150.00 to park in my own lot.

UPDATE - READ THIS: As a follow up to my original review, you really have to be aware, know your rights and protect yourself here! One staff member (manager?) in the rental office made our lives hell, in as much as she was able to, when we terminated our lease. At the end of our lease, we were informed that the rent was going up significantly. We were given a new lease to sign, dated for the month it was to renew, which was still a month or two away. We took the lease at face value, and took that time to look for a cheaper apartment. In the meantime, the woman in the rental office apparently realized she'd made a mistake, and actually dated the lease incorrectly, resulting in us living in the apartment for a month not under a lease. This was not intentional on our part - SHE had provided us with the documents stating the date the lease was to be renewed. Once she realized her mistake, I think she was afraid she was going to get in trouble or something, because she tried every underhanded, unethical thing she could think of to get us to sign the lease again, despite the fact that we were moving out. Starting with a chummy: "Oh, just sign the lease for the paperwork, and I'll release you from it, it won't be any problem." (Um, yeah, right!) Then, getting slightly more aggressive: "The fact that you paid rent means you've implicitly agreed to the contract, so you're legally bound anyway." (B.S.) Then she cornered my husband and tried to get him alone to sign it without me, despite the fact that previously, even when I was so sick I'd missed work, she dragged me down to the leasing office to sign our lease together, because they couldn't possibly take the risk of him signing it without me, and letting me sign the following day. What was I going to do, leave my husband to get out of their lousy lease??? Then she tried to coerce us into giving back the copy of the lease she'd given us, with the incorrect date, I'm sure to destroy it. Finally, she started threatening us with the implication of legal action (which, for the record, was completely unfounded). This from a place we'd lived quietly and paid our rent on time without a single problem for several years! I ended up having to do tons of research on tennants rights, and was given an attorney to consult. Completely ridiculous, and unbelievably stressful. Two years after moving out, the nastiness of this encounter still gets me riled up. Especially because, if we had been more timid people that just trusted what our rental office told us, we would have been bullied into living somewhere we didn't want to live at a much higher rate. I can only imagine that somebody older (and possibly less internet savvy) without a firm grasp on their renter's rights, would definitely have been intimidated into signing the lease against their will. If you can manage to not deal with the staff much, the apartments themselves aren't that bad - sort of soul-less, but generally clean. ORIGINAL REVIEW: Staff is ok - at first I couldn't stand working with them, because there is a certain apathy (it literally took months for us to get throught the application process, during which period I was homeless for 2 weeks between my old lease and my new one - ick!), but as long as you don't have to deal with them, the apartments are ok. There is one doorman I particularly love, and in general, I think the doorman staff is great. I love having parking, and even if we can't find a spot closest to the entrance we use, we can always find a spot in one of the four lots. This place isn't very home-y, and does have a certain converted hotel feel - although I think it was originally built as an apartment, our friends always walk in and say, "Oh, this place used to be a hotel?" We've been here for quite a while, and although I will never love it, it has worked for us.

My wife and I have absolutely come to hate this apartment! The management is absolutely horrific, they are some of the rudest and unhelpful people on the face of the earth. The door men are also rude and extremely lazy. All they do is talk on the phone and do anything else you can think of that they should not be doing while they are employed. There are so many better neighborhoods in Chicago and you don't need to put up with any of the crap the staff throws at the residents.

Nice place to live. Loud if you are near Divison St. The best thing about this place is the price plus you get parking. Mainly students live here it seems. Very central, close to great (and not so great) neighborhoods. Almost everything you need is within walking distance. Overall the apartments are almost cliche in how average they are, but they are clean and well maintained.

Overall the apartments are nice and well kept. It should be noted however that the gates around the low rise apartments are often broken allowing anyone to come into the dark and wooded community area. Maintenance staff are very friendly and helpful, but the management office themselves can be a bit difficult. It can be really hard to get into (I was lied to on several occasions by the employee who is in charge of new applicants) but once you are in it is a great place to live. Also when we had an apartment reserved for us it took weeks for them to finish background checks etcetera.

wow this is the most wonderful apartment I have seen in my entire life. I desparately want to chain the doors and keep it all to myself!